France is working with partners on a plan over how to respond should the United States act on its threat to take over Greenland, Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday.

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    3 days ago

    They will defend their bases for sure. Putin won’t even attack those.

    But if there was an article 5 invoked today by say Poland, I highly doubt the USA would honour it.

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      3 days ago

      Why? The US has fought to expand Nato to that point. Why give it up? Why support Ukraine if it doesn’t matter? All the loans will be gone if Russia wins.

      Poland is among the countries that should split from the EU according to Trump. That makes only sense with strong US support.

      The fear of abandonment is only there to justify the massive military spending. Nobody asks why we really need it.